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“The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar.”
Source : Constance Hale (2013). “Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose”, p.11, Three Rivers Press
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“I don't mind being artificial sometimes, because I like veiling myself. I mean, I'm not honest or sincere: I am self-centered and narcissistic. I just want to be this entity.”
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“Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not – you're the product,”
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“Keep a record of every picture you paint, have them photographed and write down where they went. Some day, when one reaches a great age, there will be calls for a Retrospective Exhibition of a life's work.”
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“[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]”
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“I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.”
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“I think a sexual energy is a positive energy.”
Source : "Taking Measurements: An Interview with Metric". Interview With Devon Powers, www.popmatters.com. October 12, 2004. 
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“If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.”
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“The question of identity has always been a murky issue in my own life and my writing bounces that right back. My father was adamant that my sisters and I were "Arab," and even though our house was in Syracuse, it was filled with the food, language, music, and overbearing relatives of Jordan. Unlike my gorgeous sisters, though, I inherited my mother's lighter complexion - it really is amazing what a difference a little bit of pigment can make on a person's experience!”
Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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“I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled.”
